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in places that people are unable to do their planting  Lottie Crane said there was five or six feet of water in her back yard & cellar full so they had hard work to keep their fire & get at the coal bin for fuel.  I am scart of what will come next but we will have the same Old President the papers seem to think.  God help us if we do.  Mr Harrington has just gone away he came with a dozen of his good fresh eggs.  he most always brings us something a good hearted couple.  he is going to take Mrs Barry into Boston with him tomorrow in his car.  she has got to go in to get her fallen arch plates that they neglected to send to her.  she has been waiting for them six week.  he took her in when she had them fitted.  they were to send them to her COD but neglected to do so.  I dont know what we should do without them.  they are very nice to us & ready to do anything we ask them to.  he says Elisha stays over to the other house nights since he talked to him about its being selfish in him to let his sister stay there alone & people were talking about his not being just all there to do such a thing.  I told him he did a good deed & was glad he told him that.  I dont know what will become of either one of them eventually.  It is a sunny day am  up bright & early to warm up the house hard work to start the heat it needs a good deal of punching before it goes on  hope it gets warm enough so we dont have to burn oil sometime.  We have the cold wind & it takes lots of sun to warm up.  Mrs Barry goes to Boston about noon  he will call for her hope his wife wont get jealous.  Bill did not show up.  Ma